What the Family Should Be

Great Oaks Family Day 2011

Learning from

Ruth and Naomi

Ruth 1:16(16) But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to

leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go,

Ruth 1:16I will go, and where

you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your

God, my God.

Our families

should be places of

relationship

Learning from Lois

and Eunice

2 Timothy 1:5(5) For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother

Lois and

2 Timothy 1:5your mother Eunice,

and I am sure that it is in you as well.

Our families

should be places of

faith-building.

Learning from David

and Joab

2 Samuel 19:5-6(5) Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, “Today you have covered with

shame the faces of

2 Samuel 19:5-6all your servants, who today have saved your

life and the lives of your sons and daughters, …

2 Samuel 19:5-6(6) by loving those

who hate you, and by hating those

who love you. …

Our families

should be places of

truth-telling.

Learning from Barnabas and Mark

Acts 15:39(39) And there

occurred such a sharp disagreement that

they separated from one another,

Acts 15:39and Barnabas took Mark with him and

sailed away to Cyprus.

Our families should be places of

encouragement.

The greatest

influence in our

lives will come from

our families.